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<h1>RE: Need SCSI card advice</h1>
<b>Donald Burr</b> (<a href="mailto:dburr@POBoxes.com"><i>dburr@POBoxes.com</i></a>)<br>
<i>Thu, 14 May 1998 03:37:04 -0700 (PDT)</i>
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My secret spy satellite informs me that on 14-May-98, Tim Kallinis wrote:<br>
<i>&gt; Hello, this is my first message to this newsgroup. I'm hoping someone</i><br>
<i>&gt; can </i><br>
<i>&gt; provide me with some advice as to which SCSI card I should purchase to </i><br>
<i>&gt; access a scanner under SANE. I have an ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 motherboard and </i><br>
<i>&gt; was thinking of getting the associated ASUS PCI-SC200 SCSI card </i><br>
<i>&gt; (NCR52C810 chip I believe). I understand this card is detected and works</i><br>
<i>&gt; fine under Linux (at least from the DejaNews articles I've read),</i><br>
<i>&gt; however </i><br>
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Yes. The NCR (aka Symbios) chips are very well regarded in the free UNIX<br>
community. YOu won't have any problems at all.<br>
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<i>&gt; I'm uncertain if it's a good choice for SANE or in general (I have no</i><br>
<i>&gt; experience with SCSI devices). I'm interested in getting a UMAX Astra</i><br>
<i>&gt; 1200,</i><br>
<i>&gt; however I remember reading in the SANE archive that the UMAX uses a Mac </i><br>
<i>&gt; style connector, whereas, the ASUS card uses a SCSI-2 externel cable. </i><br>
<i>&gt; Would this present a problem in connecting the two (I suspect/hope it </i><br>
<i>&gt; doesn't) ? Is there some way to force this card or any PnP card to a </i><br>
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No problem at all. I have an Adaptec AHA-2940AU which uses the same style<br>
of connector as the ASUS does (the small 50-pin SCSI2 connector) and I<br>
also have the Astra 1200. You can buy cables that have the 25-pin Mac<br>
style at one end, and the 50-pin SCSI2 at the other, at most any computer<br>
store or store that sells computer stuff (I bought mine at Staples, the<br>
office place, for example).<br>
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<i>&gt; specific IRQ (I think it's a PnP card and I wouldn't want it to get</i><br>
<i>&gt; assigned to IRQ 9 which holds an 8-bit serial card, COM3, I use for my </i><br>
<i>&gt; Wyse 60 terminal - IRQs 10 or 12 would be fine however) ?</i><br>
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PCI cards are automatically configured and assigned by the BIOS. They<br>
usually DTRT (Do The Right Thing) all by themselves. You shouldn't have<br>
any problems at all.<br>
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<i>&gt; I would also appreciate any suggestions/recommendations regarding other </i><br>
<i>&gt; SCSI cards. I'm looking for something cheap that won't cause any</i><br>
<i>&gt; problems </i><br>
<i>&gt; under Linux or force itself on any IRQs &lt;= 9 (I hate PnP).</i><br>
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You don't even have to go as high-priced as the ASUS. Many clone cards<br>
are made that use the NCR chips, and they are just as good as the "brand<br>
name" ones. I've found good quality clones for $40 and even less at<br>
computer shows and mail order. Check out <a href="http://www.computerESP.com/">http://www.computerESP.com/</a> for<br>
some good prices, you may also want to check some of the Linux hardware<br>
vendors such as PromoX Systems (<a href="http://www.promox.com/">http://www.promox.com/</a>), DCG Computer<br>
(<a href="http://www.dcginc.com/">http://www.dcginc.com/</a>), or Linux mall (http://www.linuxmall.com/). YOu<br>
can of course find many more advertisers with good competitive prices by<br>
flipping through any issue of Linux Journal.<br>
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(In fact, I just checked, and PromoX has a NCR clone for $50.)<br>
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